Malians to be commended for a peaceful election

Electoral kits being unloaded in Timbuktu, ahead of the 28 July 2013 presidential elections in Mali. [Photo: MINUSMA/Blagoje Grujic]

Over 50 per cent of Malians went to the polls on the first round of their country's presidential elections, that's according to Aurelien Agbenonci, the special representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Mali.

He says this means that the Malians want to make the right choice and change their situation. He commends the people of Mali for this achievement.

Mr. Agbenonci spoke to UN Radio's Beng Poblete-Enriquez about the election process and the current situation.